Mr. Speaker, this treaty is a backroom deal negotiated by nameless, faceless bureaucrats without the direction of parliament. Today before the document has even been tabled in the House, the minister signed off on the deal. Next fall parliament we will be asked to rubber stamp the deal, no changes required, thank you very much. What happened to the democratic process?
In the House of Commons on May 4th, 1999. See this statement in context.